[Tango-A] MISC: 4th USA Tango Championship WINNERS ...& a BIG Festival Thank you!!

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Thank you to all the contestants, their friends & family, the judges, the
tango community for supporting, your colleagues in the Championship, and for
making the Festival Classes, Black & White Ball, and Film Festival a big
success. Another big thank you to the wheels in the back ground...the
celebratetango dream team!

The 4th USA Tango Championship WINNERS
decided by our Official Judges..
NELSON AVILA, JORGE TORRES, JUNIOR CERVILA
OPEN Salon 1st Place CHAMPIONS
141 Yuliana Basmajyan and Brian Nyugen
OPEN Salon 2nd Place
  145 Sibel Konu and William Chen
OPEN Salon 3rd Place
146 Irina Kyazimova and Osbaldo Dudau
OPEN Salon 4th Place
129 Antoinette Tomai and Johnny Tablada.
 OPEN Salon 5th Place
140 Fang Hong Ren and Jean Claude Babilone
OPEN Salon 6th Place
121  Maya Belenki and Varouj Nersesian

STAGE 1st Place CHAMPIONS
142    Emily Vartanian & Pawel Cheda    USA/Poland
STAGE 2nd Place
143    Jennifer Small & Brett Griswold    USA/USA
STAGE 3rd Place
147    Mandi Messina & Matt Grubler    USA/USA

AMATEUR Salon 1st Place CHAMPIONS
129 Antoinette Tomal & Johnny Tablada
AMATEUR Salon 2nd Place
130 Miki Maeda & Carl Stein
AMATEUR Salon 3rd Place
125 Anna Tavis & Graham Blackburn
AMATEUR Salon 4th Place
120 Line Desrosiers & Aldo Dissegna
AMATEUR Salon 5th Place
126 Lourdes & John Minos
AMATEUR Salon 6th Place
121 Maya Belenky & Varouj Nersesian

³The fun competition for serious dancers²
Sponsored by:  Stepping Out Studios, TangoPartner.com, Strictly Traditional
Argentine Tango School.  Held at: 37 W 26 St (6th & Bway) (646) 742 9400
Exhibitions by:  Valorie Hart & Alberto Paz ­ 2009 Salon Champions
& Cyrena Drusine & Eduardo Goytia ­ 2007 Salon Champions
The Presentation of the Festival Masters
NELSON AVILA & MADALYN KLEIN
>> FACUNDO POSADAS & CING-PING PENG
>>  JUNIOR CERVILA & NATALIA ROYO
>>  ANTON GAZENBEEK
>>  FAYE & BRYANT LOPEZ
 GAYLE MADEIRA & SID GRANT
Then...we spent the night celebrating Nelson & Facundo¹s 70th birthdays and
Honor Nelson¹s 60th year dancing Tango
 DJ: ILENE MARDER of Woodstock Tango

FOLLOWED BY A FULL WEEKEND OF CLASSES, FILMS, DANCING INDOORS AND OUT!

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